Braking of road vehicles.

Braking of road vehicles.

Braking of Road Vehicles, Second Edition includes updated and new subject matter related to the technological advances of road vehicles such as hybrid and electric vehicles and "self-driving" and autonomous vehicles. New material to this edition includes root causes, guidelines, experiment...

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Main Authors: Day, Andrew (Professor of engineering) (Author), Bryant, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2022.
Edition:Second edition /
Subjects:
Automobiles > Brakes.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover
  • Half title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Introduction
  • References
  • Chapter 2 Friction pairs
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.1.1 History
  • 2.1.2 Frictional contact and sliding friction
  • 2.2 The friction pair
  • 2.2.1 Rotor and stator
  • 2.2.2 Functional requirements
  • 2.3 Resin-bonded composite friction materials
  • 2.3.1 Formulation and design
  • 2.3.2 Manufacture
  • 2.4 Thermophysical properties
  • 2.5 Brake performance
  • 2.5.1 Coefficient of friction
  • 2.5.2 Bedding-in and Burnishing
  • 2.6 Wear
  • 2.7 New friction pairs: composition, manufacture, and properties
  • 2.7.1 Overview
  • 2.7.2 Sintered friction materials
  • 2.7.3 Carbon-Carbon (C-C) brakes
  • 2.7.4 Carbon-ceramic (C-SiC) friction pairs
  • 2.7.5 Aluminium composite rotors
  • 2.8 Chapter summary
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Braking system design for passenger cars and light vans
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Weight transfer during braking
  • 3.2.1 Approach and conventions
  • 3.2.2 Longitudinal weight transfer
  • 3.2.3 Lateral weight transfer
  • 3.3 Tyre/road adhesion
  • 3.3.1 Road grip
  • 3.3.2 Adhesion coefficient
  • 3.4 Braking force and wheel slip
  • 3.4.1 Wheel slip and braking force coefficient
  • 3.4.2 Braking and lateral forces in tyres
  • 3.5 Braking force distribution
  • 3.5.1 Contribution of each brake to vehicle deceleration
  • 3.5.2 Braking ratio
  • 3.6 Wheel lock and vehicle stability during braking
  • 3.7 Braking efficiency
  • 3.8 Adhesion utilisation
  • 3.9 Chapter summary
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Braking system design for vehicle and trailer combinations
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Car and light trailer
  • 4.3 Car towing a trailer or caravan with overrun brakes
  • 4.4 Rigid truck towing a centre-axle trailer
  • 4.5 Rigid truck towing a full-trailer
  • 4.6 Articulated commercial vehicles-tractors and semi-trailers
  • 4.7 Load sensing and compatibility
  • 4.8 Chapter summary
  • References
  • Chapter 5 Brake design analysis
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Disc brakes
  • 5.2.1 Basic principles
  • 5.2.2 Torque generated by a disc brake
  • 5.2.3 Friction interface contact force and pressure distribution in disc brakes
  • 5.3 Drum brakes
  • 5.3.1 Basic principles
  • 5.3.2 Torque generated by a drum brake
  • 5.3.3 Types of drum brake

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